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WhatsApp says Russia is attempting to block its service 📵
Cites pressure over its private, end-to-end encrypted chats 🔐

Roskomnadzor claims restrictions aim to curb criminal activity ⚖️
Telegram also targeted, despite its Russian origins 🇷🇺

Meta pledges to keep secure communication available for all 🌍

yahoo.com/news/articles/whatsa

Yahoo News · WhatsApp accuses Russia of trying to block its serviceBy Julia Shapero
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@notesnook here's the full version from his #Telegram page:

➕ One year ago, the French police detained me for 4 days because some people I’d never heard of used Telegram to coordinate crimes. Arresting a CEO of a major platform over the actions of its users was not only unprecedented — it was legally and logically absurd.

A year later, the ‘criminal investigation’ against me is still struggling to find anything that I or Telegram did wrong. Our moderation practices align with industry standards, and Telegram has always responded to every legally binding request from France.

Ironically, I was arrested due to the French police’s own mistake: before August 2024, they ignored French and EU laws and hadn’t sent any of their queries to Telegram via the required legal process. They could have learned the correct procedure simply by googling it or asking.

One year after this strange arrest, I still have to return to France every 14 days, with no appeal date in sight. Sadly, the only outcome of my arrest so far has been massive damage to France’s image as a free country. 🛠

✊ We’ll keep fighting — and we will win 😎

Um levantamento inédito revela que, em pleno 2025, há mais de 35 mil brasileiros membros de comunidades abertas de neonazismo no Telegram – e sem qualquer restrição.

O levantamento sobre o grupo de usuários brasileiros em comunidades neonazistas no Telegram faz parte de uma análise mais ampla realizada pelo pesquisador Ergon Cugler, do Laboratório de Estudos sobre Desordem Informacional e Políticas Públicas da Fundação Getulio Vargas, a FGV. Cugler mapeou a existência de comunidades abertas neonazistas em toda a América Latina.

O Brasil desponta como líder: um em cada quatro usuários identificados na América Latina é brasileiro – e 64% de todo o conteúdo neonazista mapeado são compartilhados por usuários do Brasil.

— Laís Martins

intercept.com.br/2025/08/25/en

Intercept Brasil · Telegram tem canais neonazistas com mais de 35 mil brasileirosSTF decidiu que plataformas agora são responsáveis por conteúdos criminosos.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov calls out France over his “absurd” 2024 arrest, forced to return every 14 days with no appeal date in sight.

Whatever you think of Durov or Telegram, this is justice in name only. A man stuck in limbo, punished without trial, tied up in endless bureaucracy.

If France can treat a high-profile tech CEO like this, imagine how ordinary people are treated. Rule of law means nothing if it becomes endless punishment without verdict.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

https://decrypt.co/336620/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-criticizes-france-over-absurd-2024-arrest

#Freedom #Justice #Telegram #France

Decrypt · Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Criticizes France Over 'Absurd' 2024 ArrestBy Vismaya V

there was a cool #bot in #telegram, @DeezerMusicBot, that simplified the process of extracting a mp3 file (maybe #ripping from #deezer? it works with #spotify and #youtube too) from your songs. this year the author has been working on allowing you to copy the bot to your own bot
t.me/DeezerMusicNews/25

TelegramDeezer Music Bot News🥳NOW YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN MUSIC BOT IN JUST ONE MINUTE im happy to FINALLY introduce you to our new project - @JustCreateYourBot we’ve been working on it for already half a year!!!!!!! What is it for? it copies my @DeezerMusicBot script to your own bot, so that way you will basically have your own music bot, and admin pannel in it, where you’ll be able to see all the stats And even more, we added downloading from YouTube in it (will also add that in original bot later) This is still in beta version, everything is done, we just need you to test it and use it / send it to your friends, so we can see if there is any issues with that IT IS COMPLETELY FREE you dont have to pay anything also you will not be having any «mandatory subscription» ads in it PS. ⠱⡰ ⠥⢉⠖⠘⢃⡑⠲⢁⣠⠨ ⠎⠩⠙⡘ ⡠⠃⠋⠖⢠ ⢠ ⡰⡆⢔⡘⡢ ⡡⡃ ⠌⢅⠘⢄⡐⠎⡡ ⢌⠡⠇⠋⠓ ⢌⣐⡐⢐ ⢢⠓⠆⠍⡨⢨⡔ ⠬⠡⢂⠎⢌⠜⠲ ⠓⠬⢐⣈⢉⠱⠋⣄⠇⣂⢐⠨⢊⡅⡉⠆⠍⠩ ⠙⠓ ⢔⡊⢆⣠⠤⢤⡰⠬⡁⡁⠊ ⡃⡡ ⠋⠅ ⣈⠋ ⢒⢰⡘⢂⡡⢠⠌⢄⢰⠔⡑⢤⣠⠪⡈ ⠒⢃⡈⡐⠢ ⣄⡈⢠ ⡉⡰⠍⢠⠸ ⠓⢄⢨ ⡡⡂⠌⣄⢤⠎⠆⡑ ⢆⡆⢅⡔ ⠌⢃ ⢢⠤⠪⡃ ⢘⡌⠃⠴⠚⡊⢐⢉⠖ ⢘⠰⠨ ⢁⢡⢑⢉⢑⡤⠰ ⣀⢔⠙⢰⠒⠒ ⣐⢒⠜⡉ ⢑⠆⠥ ⣁⠪⠩⠍ ⠡⢉⡌⠱⠢⢄ ⡘⠓ ⠤⠬⠰⠣⡢⢌⢁⠆ ⡐⡁ ⠡⢉⡌⠚⡤ ⡤⢁⡈⡒ …

In Russia, authorities are tightening control over communications even further.

Phone calls are now blocked on WhatsApp and Telegram.

Seen as a possible prelude to creating a Chinese-style internet cut off from the world, this partial block is aimed at pushing Russians to use poorly secured 'national' messaging app Max, the new 100% Russian messaging app developed by national tech giant VKontakte.

mediafaro.org/article/20250821

Le Monde · In Russia, authorities are tightening control over communications even further.By Damien Leloup, Benjamin Quénelle

What a stunning article about the illusory security of #Telegram.

The author also notes that the information community has focused too long on encryption, overlooking the issue of metadata, which enables user tracking.

TL;DR: Telegram's server infrastructure is managed by those who simultaneously operate secret FSB complexes used for surveilling citizens.

rys.io/en/179.html

Songs on the Security of Networks · Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot

In case that you use Telgram - well, ...

"But it's oh so handy with all those automated bots!"

Think again!

"

Cybersecurity expert Michał Woźniak told IStories that beyond storing decrypted messages, Telegram also attaches a unique device identifier to each message sent on the platform, known as auth_key_id, which can determine where a user is located and reveal their IP addresses.

"If someone has access to Telegram traffic and cooperates with Russian intelligence services, this means that the device identifier becomes a really big problem—a tool for global surveillance of messenger users, regardless of where they are and what server they connect to," Woźniak said."

www.newsweek.com/telegram-messenger-russia-fsb-ties-report-2083491

#Telegram #Newsweek #Privacy #Security

Newsweek · Telegram Messenger's Ties to Russia's FSB Revealed in New ReportBy Isabel van Brugen